Trolley attachment.



F. V. POLAKOSKEY.

TROLLEY ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.-

QQQQQQQ ATTORNEY U Nlltlilil tiiifilfliits iitiilllili i Tl tlll llllfilil TROLLEY ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may cm'lccrn:

Be ll; known that FRANK Y. POLAKUS- KEY, a citizen ol' the United States, and resident of Peekskill, in the county ol \feslri chester and State ol' New York, have invented certain new and usel'ul 'irolley Attach-- ments, ol' which the l'ollowing is a specilir-ation.

This invention relates to trolley wheels, and has for its objects means [or keeping the trolley on the line, and also as an additional means of conducting current from the line.

The objects are attained by the means set truth in these specifications and the accompanying drawings, which I declare to he a full, clear and exact description ol' my invcm tion liel'erring to the drawings, Figure l is an elevation ol' my combination ith the trolley wheel. Fig. 2 is a plan 01' the same. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, reduced in size, showing the device closed upon the line wire. Fig. 4

is an end elevation showing the dex'icc separated ll'OIll the line wire. Fig. 5 shows the side wheels set at angles with the trolley wheel and as making contact with the line wire.

In Fig. 1 p represents a trolley pole, 2 the trolley yoke, and t the trolley wheel. bracket a is, preferably, made in two parts, as shown in Fig. 2, so that itniay he clamped on the pole by meansol' the curved portions 1, having lugs 2 2 through whiclrholts or rivets 3 are secured. Fastenings l -1 are also pr vided through the arm parts of the bracket. The ends of the bracket arms have hinge lugs 5 5, shown in the lirst l'our lignrcs, to which the Vertical arms I) are hinged, the hinge lug 10 being apart of the arm I). The upper ends of the arms b have extensions 7 7 each side of the trolley wheel, parallel with f the line wire horizontally, but are cu rved around'the. trolley wheel as shown in Fig. .2, the wheel being shown in broken lines.

T he ends of the ln'anches 7 7ol the arms i) are provided with hubs S, to which grooved wheels i. are pivoted, as shown in cross-section in Fig; 3, the pivot consisting ol' a stud c with a head flush with the top of the. wheel. Thus, there are two grooved wheels on each side of the line wire, and their grooves enrhrace the wire as shown in liigs. 2 2- The arms 6 are held in their normal posi tions by springs t) 9 fastened to the bracket l l l l l Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 23, 1908.

Patented June :22, 1909.

Serial No. 439.880.

at t) it, l igs. l I; -l. -.lheu used solely for the purpose ol' pr venting thwtr lley wheel leaving the line wire, the wheel ineed not he in constant contact with the wire, thus saving them l'rom wear and not interl'ering with their olijecl. 'lheir normal positions would then he as in Fig. 1%,! representing the wire,

i and the wheels shown as not having contact with it. The wheels are thus held at aiixed point by means of projections 14 H, Figs. 1} i, on the hinged parts ol' the arms I), these projections having lodgment against the arms ol thc bracket 11.. 'lo limit the outward movement ol' the wheels. a stop is shown in Figs. 3 4 etnnsistin; ol' a llattened part 15 on the hinge lug 10 that engages with the [lat surl'ace 16 ot the hracket. Fig. l shows the action ol' these several parts.

To open the wheels l'rom the line wire, levers H H are pivoted in the arms 0, as show u in Fgs. l to l inclusive, and are hinged together midway hetween the arms. Upon the hinge pintle s is a hook 12 to which a. line it is shown connected at iii, For operating the wheels.

Fig. 1 shows the connection of the line it with the. rope that is used for manipulating the trolley pole. When the rope I is pulled pressure lirst comes upon the line n. The

springs It are adapted in strength to require less to move them than will he required to move the pole, so that the opening of the pulleys i. will he the first result of pulling the trolley pole. This arrangement of grooved wheels contiguous to the trolley wheei and. at right angles thereto will e'll'ertually prevent the trolley l'roin leaving the. wire unassisted. 'lhese wheels may also he used as current carriers in addition to the trolley wheel by iermitting them to run in contact with the inc wire, as shown in Fig. 5, and eonmicting-g the. hrackei 1. with the yoke ,7, which may he done by attaching the lirarket to the yoke instead ol to the pole it the yoke is insulated l'rom the pole. Fig. 5 also indicates how the pulleys i may he set a i. an angle to the trolley wheel, which in some. cases would he an ad vantage in passing line hangers. it may be desirable in. some instances to dispense with one pair of pulleys, which can he done by omitting the arms 7, as on the broken line wish to be restricted to the precise construction herein shown so long as I adhere to the principles of the invention.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In combination with a trolley pole and trolley wheel, a bracket attached to the pole, vertical arms with top extensions hinged to said bracket on each side of the trolley wheel, grooved pulleys on the ends of the extended arms the grooves of opposite pulleys adapted .to embrace the line wire, springs secured to the bracket and acting against the pulley arms, stops on the said. arms to limit their 15 Signed at Peekskill, in the connty of \Vestbo chester and State of New York this 20th day of June A. D. 1908.

FRANK V. POLAKOSKEY. \Vitnesses:

JAS. J. VAUGHEY, HARRY B. T1012. 

